RIVER AMAZON

English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon, 1550-1646. Edited by Joyce Lorimer. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hakluyt Society,, 1989. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later with one small loss on front panel. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 171. Bridges & Hair, p.294.

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Book number: 34016

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ROCHE Charles E.

Things Seen in Holland. A Description of its picturesque Cities, pleasant Peoples and Villages, and quaint Waterways. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Seeley Service,, [1910]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and endpaper charts in blue; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and lettered in black, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy. With 10pp publisher's catalogue (including series listing) at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 41927

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RODRIGUES Joao

Joao Rodrigues's Account of Sixteenth-Century Japan. Edited by Michael Cooper. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hakluyt Society,, 2001. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; original Society binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Vol. 7.

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Book number: 44724

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ROE F.C.

Modern France. An Introduction to French Civilization. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Longmans,, [1962]. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of a work first published in 1956.

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Book number: 30328

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Keywords: travel, europe, france, french culture, french civilisation

ROMERO M.

Coffee and India-Rubber Culture in Mexico. Preceded by geographical and statistical Notes on Mexico. SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN NEAR FINE STATE

Putnam, Knickerbocker Press, New York NY,, 1898. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a map, two plates and numerous tables throughout;, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary, neat contemporary inscription on title verso; original burgundy pebble-gained cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal pictorial bookplate on front paste-down. This important text by the notable Mexican diplomat, politician and agricultural pioneer, is extremely scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 11090

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ROSS W. McG.

Kenya from Within. A Short Political History. IN FULL MOROCCO

Allen & Unwin,, [1927]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 7 plates and 18 maps and diagrams; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 23130

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ROWE Vivian

Return to Normandy.

Evans Brothers,, [1951]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 16 plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities and chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the series 'Windows on the World'. Uncommon in the dustwrapper.

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Book number: 22254

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RUSSELL John

A Tour in Germany. and some of the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822. Second Edition. REMARKABLY FRESH COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

Archibald Contable, Edinburgh,, 1825. 2 vols., sm. 8vo., Second Edition; most attractively bound in contemporary full tan calf, boards with elaborate floral frame border in blind, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments with black leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a remarkably bright, fresh, crisp copy. With fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down of first volume.

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Book number: 29061

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RUSSIAN EMBASSIES

Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605). Edited with an Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W.E.D. Allen. Texts translated by Anthony Mango. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Hakluyt Society,, 1970. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, plates and maps (a number folding); original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 138, 139. 48. Bridges & Hair, p.290.

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Book number: 39444

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RUSSIAN CALIFORNIA.

Russian California, 1806-1860. A History in Documents. Compiled and edited by James R. Gibson and Alexei A. Istomin with the assistance of Valery A. Tishkov. Translated by James R. Gibson. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Ashgate [for] Hakluyt Society,, 2014. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original Society binding of navy cloth, upper boards blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Vols. 26, 27.

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RUSSIAN EMBASSIES

Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605). Volume II. [This volume only.]. Edited with an Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W.E.D. Allen. Texts translated by Anthony Mango. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hakluyt Society,, 1970. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, plates (one in colour), coloured map and large folding map at end; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean copy. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 139. Bridges & Hair, p.290.

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Book number: 42074

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RUTHVEN Malise

Freya Stark in Iraq and Kuwait. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Garnet Publishing, [Reading,, 1994]. 4to. First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous photographs (the majority full-page) and map in the text; black cloth, gilt back, backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. St. Anthony's College Middle East Archives.

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Book number: 27253

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RUTHVEN Malise

Freya Stark in the Levant. Lebanon. Syria. Jordan. Palestine. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Garnet Publishing, [Reading,, 1994]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper

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Book number: 33842

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SAUER M.

Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia. [Facsimile re-issue].

Richmond Publishing, [Richmond,, 1972]. 8vo., with 14 plates and a large folding map; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy. Much-needed high quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1802. No dustwrapper was issued. Now very uncommon in its own right.

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Book number: 21207

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SCHOFIELD Victoria

Every Rock, Every Hill. The Plain Tale of of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Buchan & Enright,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper charts; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34282

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